THE WESTERN TREND OF CIVILIZATION THE UPBUILDING OF THE PACIFIC SHORE BY WM. AYRES EUREKA, CALIFORNIA A PICTURE OF PROGRESS, AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE PACIFIC SHORE OF THE UNITED STATES WHERE THE HOMESEEKERS DRIFTING WESTWARD WILL ESTABLISH THEIR CITIES AND HARBORS THE CRUDE VALUES WITH ESTABLISH THEIR CITIES AND HARBORS THE CRUDE VALUES WITH WHICH NATURE HAS ENDOWED NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND THE MANY OPPORTUNITIES WHICH THEIR DEVELOPMENT OFFERS [cover title]. [San Francisco: California Promotion Committee], n.d. [1907?]. 23.6x15.7 cm, pp. [1-2] [3, misnumbered 2] [4-5] 6-20 [21-24], 9 illustrations, self wrappers, stapled. First edition. Rare booklet promoting Humboldt County and Eureka. Most of the nine full-page illustrations from photographs are credited to J. A. Meiser or A. W. Ericson. Affixed to the final page of text, is a yellow slip titled "Advance the Interests of California" prepared by The California Promotion Committee as well as their rubber stamp on the rear wrapper. Outer leaf just a bit dusty, 30 mm split along bottom spine fold of outer leaf, a very good copy. OCLC reports two copies: California State Library and California Historical Society (Templeton Crocker Collection). (#167047).
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